This photo needed a lot of retouching so you can see from its condition that it must have been MUCH worse! Mark sent it along with the others I posed yesterday to see if I could work any magic on… Read More ›
Photos
Silver Laughter Photos from Sheldon, IA -1974
These three photos were apparently taken at roughly the same time during a job in Sheldon, IA. These pictures show the Silver Laughter lineup during the earliest days of being on the road. They are kind of fuzzy and faded,… Read More ›
An Ivory Coast Photo of Silver Laughter’s Ken Wiles Pops Up!
You have to love the Internet. If it weren’t for Facebook, this photo would probably have never made it to our site. Here is a little nugget with Ken playing his red Gibson ES-335 during a live performance with his… Read More ›
A Late 1979 Silver Laughter Photo of Kim Ludtke’s BIG Drum Set
Around January of 1979, Kim Ludtke returned to Silver Laughter and bought this huge set of drums. He had sold his Rogers drums to pay for school tuition. Here he is playing the TAMA kit he bought in Minneapolis. That’s… Read More ›
Silver Laughter – The Myth of the Red Jump Suit
On my Facebook page there was some discussion of the second photo below. People were wondering if Jon was wearing a red jump suit. Another person suggested they might be pajamas. I am here to put those theories to rest…. Read More ›
Silver Laughter in the Studio for “Handle With Care”
I don’t remember seeing this picture before, but it had to be taken during the recording of “Handle With Care” before Paul was in the band. The liner notes on the album cover say this studio work was done in… Read More ›
On the Road With Silver Laughter
This is another photo from the vault of Silver Laughter memories. According to Mark, it was taken outside Hastings, NE. As I have said, Scotty’s was one of our regular haunts in the early days. We were probably on our… Read More ›
Another “Found” Photo of Silver Laughter’s Mick Orton
This was posted on Mark Zaputil’s Facebook page. It had to be early in my career with Silver Laughter. I do remember that shirt. It was a polyester “disco” shirt with a cowboy flavor, and I think it had the… Read More ›
Denny Walton – One of Silver Laughter’s Early Members
This is a photo of one of the early members of Silver Laughter, guitarist Denny Walton at a rehearsal.I really never got to know Denny very well, and nobody seems to know where he is now. “Denny Walton was one… Read More ›
A Couple of Photos of Silver Laughter’s Mark Zaputil
Here are a couple more photos sent to me by Mark Zaputil who left the group shortly after I arrived and was replaced by Ken Wiles. The first is a photo near the end of his tenure with Silver Laughter… Read More ›